The Chamber

Current Office: Representative
First Elected: 2003
Next Election: Term Limited
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Delia; 1 Child: Anthony; 2 Step-Children: Tammie, Amy
Birth date: 02/08/1941
Birthplace:
Home City: Caruthersville MO
Religion:

Profession

Optometrist, 1965-present

Education

OD, Optometry, Southern College of Optometry Memphis Tennessee, 1964. Attended, University of Missouri, Columbia

Committees

Agriculture Policy
Economic Development, Policy and Planning
Elementary and Secondary Education
Health Care Policy
Rural Community Development
Veterans

HB 1046 Requires Proof of Citizenship for Presidential Candidates
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1541 Authorizes Religious Objections by Medical Workers for Certain Medical Procedures
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 572 Amends Worker's Compensation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1219 Workplace Discrimination Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1104 Voter ID
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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HB 1046 Requires Proof of Citizenship for Presidential Candidates
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1541 Authorizes Religious Objections by Medical Workers for Certain Medical Procedures
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 572 Amends Worker's Compensation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1219 Workplace Discrimination Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1104 Voter ID
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1219 Workplace Discrimination Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HJR 43 Limits State Spending
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 8 Tax Credit Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HA 1 to SB 7 Prohibits Public Funding for Certain Life Science Research Projects
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 7 Incentives for Science-Based Businesses
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HA 1 to SB 7 Prohibits Public Funding for Certain Life Science Research Projects
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 7 Incentives for Science-Based Businesses
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 6 Appropriations for Missouri Disaster Relief
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1 Authority Over the Saint Louis Police Department
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 6 Appropriations for Missouri Disaster Relief
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1 Authority Over the Saint Louis Police Department
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 73 Drug Testing Of Welfare Recipients
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 193 Congressional Redistricting Plan
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: -

SB 113 Regulating Animal Care Facilities
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 193 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 213 Restrictions on Late-Term Abortions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 167 Driver License Examinations Administered in English Only
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 61 Minimum Wage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HR 39 Attorney General Challenge of the Federal Health Care Law
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2 Manufacturing Jobs Act
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1 Public Retirement Systems
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 2 Manufacturing Jobs Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1 Public Retirement Systems
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 793 Abortion Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 586 Sexually Oriented Business Regulations
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1311 Coverage for Individuals Diagnosed with Autism
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1764 Prohibits Mandatory Participation in a Health Care System
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 2011 2010-2011 Department of Social Services Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 2010 2010-2011 Department of Mental Health and Department of Health and Senior Serices Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 2002 2010-2010 Education Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 2003 Higher Education Appropriations
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 2002 2010-2010 Education Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 2003 Higher Education Appropriations
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 2010 2010-2011 Department of Mental Health and Department of Health and Senior Serices Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 1747 Authorizing Horse Slaughterhouses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1601 St. Louis Police Department Governance Modifications
Stage: Motion Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 1327 Abortion Regulation Modifications
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Amdt 4 Deleting an Education Foundation Formula Modification
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

HCR 18 Statement of Opposition to Federal Health Care Proposal
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 544 Increasing Legislative Oversight of Federal Funds
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

SB 291 Education Provision Modifications
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 306 State Health Care Expansion
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 11 2009-2010 Social Services Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 22 Capital Improvements
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

SB 71 Income Tax Rate Reduction and Additional Tax Credt
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

Amdt 1 Allowing Pharmacists to Refuse to Provide "Abortifacients"
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

HJR 32 Bonds to Fund Higher Education
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 795 Minimum Wage and Sales Tax Modifications for Businesses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 258 Excluding Tipped Employees from Mandatory Minimum Wage Increases
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HJR 32 Bonds to Fund Higher Education
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 668 Firearm Regulation Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 795 Minimum Wage and Sales Tax Modifications for Businesses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 258 Excluding Tipped Employees from Mandatory Minimum Wage Increases
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 681 Special Elections for Statewide Office Vacancies
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 11 2009-2010 Social Services Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 2 2009-10 Education Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 10 2009-10 Health Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 2 2009-10 Education Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 10 2009-10 Health Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HJR 23 Constitutional State Spending Cap
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 46 Expansion of Abortion Laws
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 242 Authorizing Four-Day School Weeks
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HCR 5 Rejecting Pay Increases for Elected Officials and Judges
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1549, 1771, 1395, 2366 Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 1038 Repealing Campaign Contribution Limits
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1549, 1771, 1395, 2366 Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 711 Property Tax Regulations
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 2011 2008-2009 Department of Social Services Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: -

HB 2393 Mega-Project Tax Credits
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 2011 2008-2009 Department of Social Services Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: -

HB 2010 2008-2009 Department of Mental Health and Department of Health and Senior Services Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: -

HB 2002 2008-2009 Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 2003 2008-2009 Department of Higher Education Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 2002 2008-2009 Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 2003 2008-2009 Department of Higher Education Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 1851 Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay Changes
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 2059 Establishes the Professional Relationships Between Teachers and School Districts Act.
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1851 Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay Changes
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1831 Prohibiting Coerced Abortion
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2393 Mega-Project Tax Credits
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1831 Prohibiting Coerced Abortion
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HJR 71 Sales Tax for Veterans' Services
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1066 Teacher Certification
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HJR 49 Appellate Judicial Commissioners
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HJR 70 State Spending Limit
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HJR 41 Prohibiting Judges from Imposing Taxes
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HJR 43 Constitutional Amendment Limiting Property Taxes
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2002 2008-2009 Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 2011 2008-2009 Department of Social Services Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 2003 2008-2009 Department of Higher Education Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 2010 2008-2009 Department of Mental Health and Department of Health and Senior Services Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 2002 2008-2009 Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 2003 2008-2009 Department of Higher Education Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 2011 2008-2009 Department of Social Services Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 2010 2008-2009 Department of Mental Health and Department of Health and Senior Services Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1779 Regulation of Telecommunications Services
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1619 Monitoring Prescription Drug Sales
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1779 Regulation of Telecommunications Services
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HA 5 Defining Mifepristone as a Schedule 1 Controlled Substance
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1406 Establishment of Drunk Driving Memorial Sign Program
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SCS HCS HB 1
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HCS HB 1 Economic Development
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2 Extended Transportation Projects Contract
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SS6 SCS SB 389 Higher Education
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 269 College Admission of Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

CCS2 HCS SS2 SCS SB 1014 Voter Identification and Poll Regulation
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

SS2 SCS HCS HB 1456 Unemployment Compensation Changes
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HJR 55 Salaries and State Pensions for Public Officials
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SS2 SCS HCS HB 1456 Unemployment Compensation Changes
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

CCS SS HCS HB 1900 Campaign Finance and Lobbying
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HCS SS2 SCS SB 1014 Voter Identification and Poll Regulation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HCS HB 1814 English as the State’s Official Language
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HCS HB 1022 State College and University Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1619 Franchise Tax Rates
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1910 Public Construction and Labor Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HA 1 Education Loans
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 1910 Public Construction and Labor Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1864 College Admission of Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1865 Access Missouri Scholarship Program
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HCS HB 1944 Eminent Domain
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HA 9 Eminent Domain Amendment
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

HJR 39 Prayer in Public Schools
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 994 Motorcycle Helmet Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

CCS SCS HCS HB 1014 Budget Supplements
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HA 3 Health Care Premiums Amendment
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

HCS HB 1014 Budget Supplements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SCS SB 578 Funeral Protests Prohibition
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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